fraudulent blog entry and Lincoln here I come

Have just realised that Julie is making fraudulent entries into this shared blog. In an effort to 'increase her web presence' she is suggesting that she is 41 and a half. She is not, nearer to 41 and 10/12 is a truer picture. This running is making her delusional..........................................

I have just returned from a couple of days in lovely Lincoln. It really is a very nice city, not for runners though, or even those who think they are running but are delusional too. No one told me before I went that many of the streets in Lincoln are like those in San Francisco ie bloody steep. Walking up and down them was at least equivalent to one of our power walks around Coate Water, it took real effort not to tumble down them and real effort to go up them again. Needless to say my calf muscles and lungs recognised that this was indeed an opportunity to let me know their response to this little jaunt.

On the first evening as we were struggling up the hill and demonstrating our devout interest in ANY shop window that appeared on Steep Street (its all in the name) a bloke came running past us down the hill, he was laughing and said that he'd started running at the top and now couldn't stop. I asked him if he wanted us to catch him, but couldn't hear his response as he increased his velocity and continued on his fast decent to the city centre............................................

To add to the whole 'work out' opportunity, our hotel (The White Hart) is currently "working with the local council to improve the facilities for those with disabilities" in reality this means that there are:

• Lots of stairs
• No lifts
• Many nooks and crannies- typical of "quaint" hotels

and thanks to Steve who requested a "quiet room" 6 flights of stairs to climb to get to our room on the third floor.

Rosemary d.o.b 28/01/62